VAST areas of Spain and Portugal have been hit by power outages, leaving entire cities without electricity and internet.
Entire airports and metro systems have ground to a halt in major cities – spinning the countries into chaos.
There was chaos at airports and other travel hubs
Traffic ground to a halt as lights stopped working
Outages have been reported across the whole of the peninsula
Queues have piled up on roads and at travel hubs in cities across the peninsula.
Traffic snarled up as lights and signals stopped working and crowds are stranded at train stations, with services at a complete stop.
Barajas Airport in Madrid is still without power.
The Valencia metro has announced it has suspended its entire service service.
Data from Spain’s electricity grid shows an enormous drop off in a matter of seconds.
Entire cities including Seville, Barcelona, and Pamplona also remain affected.
Red Eléctrica, Spain’s national grid operator, announced it is urgently working to restore power.
It said the cause was a system failure across the entire peninsula.
The operator explained: “The causes are being analysed and all resources are being dedicated to resolving it.”
Baffled residents took to social media to share news of the power outages – with parts of France also seeming to be affected.
Some reported that the whole of Madrid and Lisbon were without power and mobile coverage.
Others reported that video calls with people across Portugal suddenly cut off.
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